Celtics And Heat's Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Saturday evening, the Miami Heat will host the Boston Celtics for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Celtics have ruled out Danilo Gallinari and Malcolm Brogdon.
Meanwhile, the Heat will be without Victor Oladipo and Tyler Herro.
Bam Adebayo, Gabe Vincent and Cody Zeller have all been upgraded to available.
NBA's official injury report
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford on Saturday."
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Heat will start Vincent, Strus, Butler, Martin, Adebayo on Saturday."
The Heat won the first three games, but the Celtics have responded with two straight victories, so the series is 3-2 (in favor of the Heat).
If the Celtics win Game 6, the final game of the series will be on Monday evening in Boston.
This is the third time in the previous four seasons that the two teams have faced off in the Conference Finals.
In 2020, the Heat won, while last season the Celtics defeated the Heat in seven games (both teams lost in the NBA Finals).
The Celtics are the second seed, and have beaten the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers through the first two rounds of the Playoffs.
As for the Heat, they are the eighth seed and coming off wins over the Milwaukee Bucks and the New York Knicks.
Whoever wins the series will face off against the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals.
